Tell me about your sitting room

Are you keeping the sofa and carpet?

We've got red furniture of a similar shade and a blue carpet, while I liked the magnolia we had already I just painted the wall on both sides of the chimney-breast purple, which I really like, although red and purple isn't everyones taste, I think if you get the shades right it looks good.

Ours was decorated before we bought it, 3 walls are cream and the other is red which runs from the lounge into the dining room, separated by a double doorway (no doors). We have a cream/beige carpet, cream curtains, warm cream leather sofas, birch bookcases, white marble fireplace. Art is 2 triple vertical block framed modern art pictures - one red/cream, one cream/beige/brown, a sunset and the infamous Ikea picture of sand, pebbles & the sea.

We've gone ultra-modern in ours: three white walls and what was the chimney wall is papered in black matt wallpaper; black two-seater sofa and two black armchairs, black and white rug on the wall and then the accessories - throw and silk cushions are in pale duck egg blue or silver - lamp/TV. A small black side table and a Rolf Harris painting in a silver frame complete the room.

We've gone for modern Georgian if that makes any sense at all and it's a work in progress. (Farrow & Ball on a budget.) The bit of our house that the sitting room is in from 1770s accrording to our survey, so symmetrical with two large sash windows and reasonably high ceilings.

Sofas don't match in style or shade but both are beige linen and v slouchy, bookshelves fitted to bottom end of room floor to ceiling, dark wood side table, mint green 1930s chair and footstool - walls and woodwork different shades of white.

Carpet is beige, but long term want to rip this up, sand and varnish floorboards (sadly not originals, but nice enough). Narrow light blue-striped roman blinds at windows - debating curtains as well.

Quite stark at the mo and def needs finishing touches. Went to an auction a couple of years ago and got nice prints for the walls. When a bit more flush will do so again - and ebay - as want to have lots of pics floor to ceiling either side of chimney breast. Going to hunt through photos and postcards too.

We have two chimney breasts in the living room, opposite each other. The walls are all a pale grey, the chimney breasts are a slate grey. The sofa are red, curtains dark grey and black. I think the red furniture makes it look contemporary, but it would pretty much blend with anything. When we did it, I worried it would look cold/prison like, but the house is very bright and it isn't at all cold (I guess the red helps).

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Ooh, I'd love a Rolf Harris print ❤️

they all sound lovely. And yes, I'd like to keep the sofa and carpet if possible. I am off to Google modern Georgian

Lois that sounds fab. I also love the idea of the duck egg blue sitting room.

Ours a bit odd and also only half finished. However so far:

Oak floor and oak coffee table. Red leather sofas, cream walls (soon to be painted http://www.craigandrose.com/brands/opulence/detail?colour=PALECASHME , which is a very pale coffee/stone colour) and a feature wall in

We are then having oak, knarly shelves built into the alcoves and linen blinds. I love it but a lot of people really don't like it, so it's a big marmite ?

My place is Georgian, and neutrally decorated with a mixture of styles in the lounge. I've got a very similar shaped sofa to the one you've got, only it's in a hessian type fabric and is kind of taupe in colour. The floorboards are original and varnished dark brown, the walls are a light mushroom colour. Opposite the sofa are two black club chairs with an indian style low table between them sheesham wood, like this.

On the third wall is a flame mahoghany repro Georgian sideboard (which I'm still not convinced about, hey-ho) with a very large distressed gilt mirror above it.

The sofa sits on what would have been the chimmey breast, and there are built in bookcases to either side of it, which I use for plants and decorative things (all my books are in the study). The one large sash window has a roman blind in cream, and there's a large rug in different shades of cream and brown.

There's a few modern style lamps dotted about - one IKEA freestanding one like so..

and square table lamps on the sideboard / table - one has a cream fabric shade with mirrored base and neck, and the other has lots of glass droplets.

It still needs more 'soft' touches but I've run out of cash at the moment ?.Oh, and there's a semi-abstract canvas on one wall which is a shot of apartments in Buenos Aires.

Shame the TV was on!

I love those tables!

Mine I think you'd call messy and comfortable ? Lots of book shelves, lots of shelves with toys on. And I wanted a red sofa and a reddish rug (got dark wooden floors) but I ended up with a blue sofa and a cream/orange/green/other colours chinese rug...they were free ? My walls are a rich yellow though and the firebreast is dark red with a dark wood and dark tiled fireplace and a Victorian (I think) dark wood mirror/shelf thing!

Not really what I wanted but I can't complain with free and it's homely!

I like vintage 1960s stuff and ultra modern mixed up (just added a teak G-Plan circular nesting coffee table to the centre, yum yum). Our home is a converted Victorian manor house so has fab cornices, high ceilings etc. I like to have as much light and space as the requirements of actually living somewhere will allow. I also like order and tidiness, cos I'm a control freak!

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My living room is painted chalky downs 6, which is a nearly white colour. Flooring is black american wallnut. 3 & 2 cream suite, will be changing the 2 seater for a swivel/recliner chair and a tub chair when we can decide on something we both like. Still on the lookout for my 70s sideboard and 70s style telephone. Have a large oversized clock with a gold aged look frame. Still trying to talk OH into getting them, he isn't so keen - https://www.purves.co.uk/product/19141/Pendant_Light_Norm_03

flissy - I love your living room. Just had to have a nosey at the rest of your house. Love the kitchen and the soda syphons, I think may have to steal your idea for my kitchen. lol. I'm still on the hunt for a 70s style sideboard for my living room. OH doesn't want to buy off ebay, so have been trawling secondhand shops, still no luck. I also want this for my kitchen - https://www.bennettsofderby.co.uk/house-and-home/kitchen/david-mason-design-kitchen-accessories/GS1733000080-Farmhouse-Midnight/0/ceramic-chicken-egg-crock/ but looking for an original on ebay. I love vintage 60s & 70s and modern.